Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 03:11:29 -0800 From: Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing rc.conf(5) firewall_enable Message-ID: <200201251111.g0PBBTp18677@blackbox.pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <20020124222225.O87663@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <20020124222225.O87663@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:22:25 -0800 "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org> wrote: > ... I don't think there are > an machines out there running with firewalling built into the kernel > with 'firewall_enable="NO"' who will have their security affected by > such a change. This should probably be mentioned in UPDATING. Although the current behaviour sounds counter-intuitive, who knows how many people have been relying on it (explicitly or without knowing it). I know when I first started using it I had the firewall compiled into the kernel, and it was only after I started using the loadable module that I realized I had to explicitly override firewall_enable in my rc.conf. cheers, mike makonnen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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